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This. I have a little bit of experience with almost everything, so my resume is all over the place — consequently, its very difficult for me to get a job. It d
by oceanghost 7y ago
This.
I have a little bit of experience with almost everything, so my resume is all over the place — consequently, its very difficult for me to get a job. It doesn't help either that companies usually don't usually define what they're looking for well.
Recently, a friend referred me to an iOS job. In the call though, they really told me they were mostly looking for embedded C++ and someone who could dabble in iOS. So, I prepared for the wrong interview. Now all of these things are on my resume, but, I haven't done any serious iOS in 4 years, and the last time I seriously used C++ was in college.
My interviews always go like this-- because technology X is on my resume, the resident X expert grills me, and correctly concludes I'm only somewhat familiar with it.
The only people to get me were Disney Research. They went about it the opposite way, "What can you bring to the team?" Despite ultimately not being quite right for the position, they wanted to everything from could I weld, could I 3d print, could I 3d model, could I sew? It was absolutely refreshing. I got tell them about a lot of orthogonal skillsets.
However, I've concluded I need to pick a specialty or a new career.